SD3 crashes MOTU DP 9 on Mac OS 10.10.5

[Gary Hampton]

DP9 runs well until I try to load a project that includes SD3.  If I start up DP in safe mode, I have the option of loading SD3 or not.  Without SD3, everything is fine, but if I try it with SD3 I get an immediate crash of DP.  SD2 also works just fine.  I cannot upgrade to OS 10.11, as Apple has chosen to not continue Firewire support, and that is central to my setup

iMac 21.5 late 2013, 16 G memory w 750 Gig HD, Mac OS 10.10.5, MOTU DP 9.0,  RME Fireface 800, MOTU MTP-AV(2), Behringer ADA 8200(2)

Operating system: OS X Yosemite (10.10)

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[Mac McCormick]

What version of SD3?

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.4
Operating system: Windows 10

Cubase Pro, Korg Kronos, M-50, Hammond XK-1c, Toontrack SD3, EZBass w/lots of expansions, many VSL Vi's, Shreddage 3 everything, and shit-tons of FX plugins.

[mickg]

Are you sure about Apple support for FireWire? I’m running MacOS 10.14.5 on a Mac mini and a 2017 MacBook Pro and I connect to FireWire 800 drives all the time. Haven’t used 400 on them but 800 has been working. My library drive is thunderbolt 3.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.4
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

[Gary Hampton]

3.1.4

[Gary Hampton]

I see this info in lots of places: Apple has discontinued development and maintenance of their FireWire Core Audio driver for the new Mac OS X El Capitan.

 

….and RME no longer supports the Fireface 800

[mickg]

Eww… Sorry to hear that. I’m running off an Apollo w/thunderbolt. I don’t use FW for audio anymore since I got an OWC TB3 SSD. What about USB3?

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.4
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

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